Inside Academics at Norfolk State University

All About Academics

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Norfolk State University: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

35 Majors With Completions

18:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

63% Full-Time Faculty

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

With 18 students per faculty member, Norfolk State University is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. With 63% of instructors full time, Norfolk State University is above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Most Popular Majors

Norfolk State University offers 35 majors with reported completions across 20 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Norfolk State University are shown below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	✓
Bachelor’s	✓
Master’s	✓
Doctorate	✓

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Norfolk State University.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Psychology, General	115
Business/Commerce, General	106
Social Work	82
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	72
Health and Medical Administrative Services	61

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Norfolk State University:

Need flexibility? Check whether Norfolk State University offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 4,803 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Norfolk State University retains and graduates its students — 73% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics on Norfolk State University

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Norfolk State University in more detail:

Academic Majors at Norfolk State University — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty Composition at Norfolk State University — how the teaching staff is structured
Graduation & Retention at Norfolk State University — how well the school retains and graduates students
Online Learning at Norfolk State University — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation at Norfolk State University — regional and program accreditation status